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YANKTON RAW WATER INTAKE AT MERIDIAN BRIDGE (11NPSWRD_WQX-MNRR_YWD_MERI1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "YANKTON RAW WATER INTAKE AT MERIDIAN BRIDGE" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MNRR_YWD_MERI1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10170101.

This site is located in Yankton County County, South Dakota at 42.8661111000 degrees latitude and -97.3936111000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-MNRR_YWD_MERI1" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1988 - 1997
Microbiological 1988 - 1997
Physical 1988 - 1997
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MNRR_YWD_MERI1
MonitoringLocationName YANKTON RAW WATER INTAKE AT MERIDIAN BRIDGE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE GAVINS POINT DAM NEBRASKASOUTH DAKOTA 7.5 MINUTE (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MISSOURI NATIONAL RECREATIONAL RIVER PARK BOUNDARY APPROXIMATELY 2 YARDS FROM USGS GAGING STATION 06467500 AT MERIDIAN BRIDGE; MILE MARKER 805.76. DATA FOR THIS SITE WERE COLLECTED FROM 1988 THROUGH 1997 BY THE CITY OF YANKTON WATER DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR RAW WATER QUALITY BEFORE TREATMENT IN THE FILTRATION PLANT. DATA COLLECTED INCLUDE FECAL COLIFORMS; TURBIDITY; TEMPERATURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; CHLORIDE; HARDNESS; ALKALINITY; AND COLOR. THE ENTRIES FOR COLOR DATA REPRESENT COMBINED TOTALS OF TRUE AND APPARENT VALUES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT MISSOURI NATIONAL RECREATION RIVER; P.O. BOX 591; O'NEIL NEBRASKA 687630591; TEL(402)3363970. THE DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY KRISTIE MACZKO NPSWRD FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 10170101
LatitudeMeasure 42.8661111000
LongitudeMeasure -97.3936111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 135
ProviderName STORET